Romans, Celts and Vikings DVD

This DVD includes four of the most popular Channel 4 educational series about the Roman Britain. Two children visit a dig on a Shetland Viking site in Here Come the Vikings! The story of Barates, the Syrian, who sold silk flags to the Roman legionaries on Hadrian's Wall, is told in Romans and Celts. The presenter, David Petersen, shows us various aspects of daily life at the time, in When the Romans Came to Wales, and Maths from History explores the use of mathematics in ancient Roman culture.

Curriculum Connections

Here Come the Vikings!

Looks at migration and settlements

Considers life and society

Places the Vikings in Britain

Explores archaeological evidence When the Romans Came to Wales

Looks at Celtic and Roman ways of life

Reinforces chronology through the story of a Roman boy's family

Considers interpretations of the past from Celtic and Roman viewpoints

Uses a range of sources and locations in Wales

Links with QCA Scheme of Work Unit 6A 'Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study'